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Featured Album
Divine (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Spanish thrash metal, crossover, and grindcore band from Illueca in Aragon, active since 1991. With over three decades of output, they are one of Spain's longest-running extreme metal acts.
Trondheim-based crossover thrash act active since 2023, smashing together thrash metal's riff-driven velocity with punk's stripped-down aggression and DIY ethos. Their short, sharp compositions hit with the impact of a circle pit in a phone booth.
German crossover band from Freiburg im Breisgau, formed in 2010. They blend thrash, punk, and metal influences into an energetic crossover style from the sunny southwest of Germany.
Ferocious Crossover / Thrash Metal out of Texas.
German thrash metal and crossover band from Detmold and Blomberg, formed in 2014. They deliver party-fueled crossover thrash with an irreverent, beer-soaked attitude.
Sinj-based crossover thrash act active since 2014, smashing together thrash metal's riff-driven velocity with punk's stripped-down aggression and DIY ethos. Their short, sharp compositions hit with the impact of a circle pit in a phone booth.
London thrash metal, crossover, and crust band formed in 2017. They fuse the speed and aggression of thrash with crust punk's raw, politically charged energy.
Thrash metal and crossover band from Massagno, Switzerland, active since 2014. They blend thrash metal's speed with crossover punk energy from the Italian-speaking Ticino region.
Spanish metalcore and crossover band from Mataró near Barcelona, formed in 2018. They combine metalcore heaviness with crossover energy from the Catalan coast.
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